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My son is five years old and was recently put on tegretol xr he takes 1 100mg tab for five days then 1 2a day how long before its starts working ?
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When level is right: generally meds like tegretol are slowly increased and then blood levels checked ti ensure the level is in the usually effective range
Answered 6/29/2019
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